Hello,
sorry for possibly trite question, but what does this ">>UNKNOWN<<" mean? e.g.:
> Network Origin AS Description
> 41.222.79.0/24 36938 >>UNKNOWN<<
quote from: http://thyme.rand.apnic.net/current/data-add-IANA
Cheers,
Vladimir
It's an unallocated address being advertised by an unallocated AS number.
Pretty hard to identify a contact for such a route, no?
Owen
Some times they're not so anonymous 
122.200.40.0/21 38272 >>UNKNOWN<<
"Sonargaon Online Limited(SOL) is the leading Internet Service
Provider in Dhaka"
<http://122.200.40.5/pages/contact_us.htm>
"
40/1, Rahman Plaza
Shahid Faruk Road (4th Floor)
Jatrabari, Dhaka
Bangladesh
Tel : 88-02-7553432
E-mail : info@sonargaononline.net
"
Interesting... "The Leadig Provider in Dhaka" is using hijacked addresses.
Owen
Interesting... "The Leadig Provider in Dhaka" is using hijacked addresses.
.... botswana (not the same direct area. but one I happened to notice
this same thing happening with this weekend)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;bw. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
bw. 86400 IN NS ns4.btc.bw.
bw. 86400 IN NS rain.psg.com.
bw. 86400 IN NS vpsm.btc.bw.
bw. 86400 IN NS hippo.ru.ac.za.
bw. 86400 IN NS bw.auth-servers.net.
bw. 86400 IN NS ns1.btc.bw.
ns4.btc.bw. 32809 IN A 168.167.253.20
ns1.btc.bw. 32735 IN A 168.167.168.34
NetRange: 168.167.0.0 - 168.167.255.255
CIDR: 168.167.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName: AFRINIC-168-167-0-0
NetHandle: NET-168-167-0-0-1
Parent: NET-168-0-0-0-0
NetType: Transferred to AfriNIC
Comment: This IP address range is under AFRINIC responsibility.
Comment: Please see http://www.afrinic.net/ for further details,
Comment: or check the WHOIS server located at whois.afrinic.net.
RegDate: 2005-02-21
Updated: 2005-02-21
Ref: Whois-RWS
OrgName: African Network Information Center
OrgId: AFRINIC
Address: Level 11ABC
Address: Raffles Tower
Address: Lot 19, Cybercity
City: Ebene
StateProv:
PostalCode:
Country: MU
RegDate: 2004-05-17
Updated: 2010-06-28
Comment: AfriNIC - http://www.afrinic.net
Comment: The African & Indian Ocean Internet Registry
Seems like Afrinic has some records-keeping-issues...
-chris
and who is the upstream ISP that allows the AS to propagate?
http://bgp.he.net/AS36938#_graph4
aut-num: AS37004
as-name: SUBURBAN-AS
descr: Sub-Urban Telecom
organisation: ORG-ST1-AFRINIC
org-name: Suburban Telecom
org-type: LIR
descr: LIR Xtra Small
country: NG
address: Plot 30 Blantyre Street
address: WUSE II
address: ABUJA
address: Abuja FCT PO 13235
e-mail: o.adeyemi@suburbantelecom.com
e-mail: b.obakpolor@suburbantelecom.com
and
role: AS3257 Net Admin
address: Tinet SpA
abuse-mailbox: abuse@tinet.net
Who sends them an email?
Not according to APNIC...
% [whois.apnic.net node-5]
% Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
inetnum: 122.200.40.0 - 122.200.47.255
netname: SONARGAONONLINE
descr: Sonargaon Online Services
country: BD
...
curses arin-restful-output!
$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net 168.167.168.34
% This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
% Note: this output has been filtered.
% Information related to '168.167.0.0 - 168.167.255.255'
inetnum: 168.167.0.0 - 168.167.255.255
netname: BOTSNET
descr: Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
descr: Independance Avenue, Government Enclave
(the 41 block in the original email does just show as allocated to
AFRINIC only though)
-Chris
Odd... That's not what I got:
[owen-delongs-macbook-pro:~] owen% whois -h whois.apnic.net 122.200.40.5
% [whois.apnic.net node-4]
% Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
inetnum: 122.0.0.0 - 123.255.255.255
netname: APNIC-AP
descr: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
descr: Regional Internet Registry for the Asia-Pacific Region
descr: 6 Cordelia Street
descr: PO Box 3646
descr: South Brisbane, QLD 4101
descr: Australia
country: AU
admin-c: HM20-AP
tech-c: NO4-AP
mnt-by: APNIC-HM
mnt-lower: APNIC-HM
mnt-irt: IRT-APNIC-AP
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20060109
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20101116
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20110114
source: APNIC
role: APNIC Hostmaster
address: 6 Cordelia Street
address: South Brisbane
address: QLD 4101
country: AU
phone: +61 7 3858 3100
fax-no: +61 7 3858 3199
e-mail: helpdesk@apnic.net
admin-c: AMS11-AP
tech-c: AH256-AP
nic-hdl: HM20-AP
remarks: Administrator for APNIC
notify: dbmon@apnic.net
mnt-by: MAINT-APNIC-AP
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 19981111
changed: dbmon@apnic.net 19990702
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20020211
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20070612
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20100217
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20101217
source: APNIC
person: APNIC Network Operations
address: 6 Cordelia Street
address: South Brisbane
address: QLD 4101
country: AU
phone: +61 7 3858 3100
fax-no: +61 7 3858 3199
e-mail: netops@apnic.net
nic-hdl: NO4-AP
remarks: Administrator for APNIC Network Operations
notify: netops@apnic.net
mnt-by: MAINT-APNIC-AP
changed: netops@apnic.net 19981111
changed: hostmaster@apnic.net 20020211
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20081205
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20101217
source: APNIC
My apologies for any confusion.
Owen
FYI:
Results:
% [whois.apnic.net node-3]
% Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
inetnum: 122.200.40.0 - 122.200.47.255
netname: SONARGAONONLINE
descr: Sonargaon Online Services
country: BD
admin-c: SI109-AP
tech-c: SI109-AP
remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
remarks: This object can only be updated by APNIC hostmasters.
remarks: To update this object, please contact APNIC
remarks: hostmasters and include your organisation's account
remarks: name in the subject line.
remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20061023
mnt-by: APNIC-HM
mnt-lower: MAINT-BD-SONARGAONONLINE
mnt-routes: MAINT-BD-SONARGAONONLINE
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
source: APNIC
person: Shahidul Islam
nic-hdl: SI109-AP
e-mail: admin@sonargaononline.net
address: Sonargaon Online Services
address: 40/1 Shahid Faruque road,
address: South Jatrabari, Dhaka 1204.
phone: +88-02-7550787
fax-no: +88-0152-486501
country: BD
changed: saleh@deshonline.net 20060925
mnt-by: MAINT-NEW
source: APNIC
- - ferg